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i'm many days late but happy father's day <33

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I am forever grateful to an archivist mentor I worked with in grad school for some resume advice she gave me and thought maybe others would also benefit from it.

Keep a Master Resume.

This is not the resume you send out. This is a detailed resume of every job (with dates and location, supervisor and location phone number are a bonus) and as many skills/duties/accomplishments you can possibly think of for each and every one of the jobs and education programs you can think of.

She showed me hers, it was about 25 pages long, and formatted exactly like a regular resume for ease. Every time she would learn a new program/skill, she'd add it. Change in title or duties, add it. Complete something big/special/complicated/new to her/professionally significant, she would add it. This way when she went up for a promotion or raise, she had a detailed record of highlights to pick from to show she deserved it. There was no "when was that? Did I submit that last round of reviews?"

Applying to a new job? Pick and choose items from your Master Resume to plug in to the resume or CV you will be sending based on the job posting. You don't need to rewrite it, just cut and paste relevant details.

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And for the second round of CG redraws, Portia swapping with Asra <33

And hapoy pride!

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Also sorting my posts and stuff on Tumblr is driving me nuts. I swear I feel like I took a break for this long because the thought of inputting my stuff into a post just turns me off.

Might just make an insta/bluesky dump acct for all my art stuff. As for my written works, I might just make a google doc and dump everything there (I’m sorry T u T I don’t like the way I have to organize stuff within a Tumblr post. I don’t like organizing stuff in general. But I’ve been using GDocs for everything lately and their Tab function is nice, it’s web-based, and it’s free, so let’s see how it goes!) [Then again, if it doesn’t work out, I’ll switch to Ao3 for sorting my fics and headcanons]

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hiya gang, been gone for a looong while 💀 college started again and I’m set to graduate at the end of next year, but the workload just got super heavy for this term T u T Might start posting again, but with longer stretches of being afk in between. Thanks to everyone who’s been awesome so far and sorry for being quiet this long!!

Also thinking of changing my profile because I wanna do more stuff outside the Arcana, or just rot in general and repost a lot of stuff unrelated to the Arcana (I just got into a whole lot of new shows like Andor and Transformers One [oop, that’s a movie] AND I WANNA MAKE HEADCANONS FOR THEM SM AAA)

Anyways, thanks for stopping by! :DD I hope your pillow is always cold and your food is always the perfect temp 👌

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this is your gentle reminder to stop fighting against your adhd and instead structure your life around it

buy a pack of chapsticks and put one in the pocket of all of your coats and jackets because you always forget to bring one and chapped lips is sensory hell

leave important things where you can see them. if they go in a box or a drawer you will forget they exist

put any appointments or deadlines in your phone calendar As Soon As you get them. set a reminder for a week before, a day before, an hour before, as many as you need as often as you need them.

when that little voice in your head says "i dont need to write that down, ill remember it" that is the devil talking!!! write it down anyway!!

plan for down time. have a few hours at the end of every day to just do fun stuff like engage in your hyperfixations. even if you didnt get all of your work done that day, have the rest anyway. you probably spent the whole day beating yourself up for not doing what you Should be doing, so you still need the break.

if you never eat vegetables because its too much effort to chop and cook them, get the frozen or canned shit. it doesnt go off for ages and you just have to microwave it. theres no point buying fresh vegetables if they just keep going off and being left to rot in the bottom of your fridge

if you struggle to decide what to have for dinner every day, take the decision out of it. choose a set of meals and eat those on rotation until you get sick of them, then choose some new ones and do it again.

its not stupid if it works! our brains literally have a chemical deficiency. you are allowed to accommodate yourself. go forth and stop making your life more difficult than it has to be because "this shouldn't be this hard". it is hard, so make it easier.

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just wanna let you guys know whats been going on on twitter

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Friendly reminder that you should

Write that fic

Draw your OC

Redesign that blorbo

Plan that comic how you want

Create the content you want to see

Be cringe

Be free

The only thing that matters is you having fun! Not what others think!

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Chilchuck ver. bc I love that david tennant edit

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posting again because typo

Pepper is ready for some Hunger Games shenanigans >:3c !!!

OKAY IDEA:

GIVE ME YOUR MCS SO WE CAN PUT THEM IN THE HUNGER GAMES SIMULATOR, please reblog with their name, photo, and pronouns, you can submit multiple just don't submit like 20 of them per person, be reasonable

THIS WILL BE HELD FEBRUARY 5TH 2025

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🚨CALLING JAYVIK NATION 🚨

guys do i do a silco or hatsune miku cosplay next

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I’m screaming??? So my cat knows I get upset when he steps on my paintings (not yelling or anything I think he just sees me spend hours trying to cover up what his paws do) in my “studio” which is a crammed small storage closet with painting all over the floor drying , so like I’m in there rn and I saw him try to get to point A to point b but it was impossible for him to jump over so like he realized the matte parts were dry and like he was stepping on the corners of the painting and every step he’d look at his paw to see if he fucked up and honestly it was the most thoughtful thing ever I don’t ever wanna hear anyone ever say that cats don’t care

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YAYYY LESGOOO

ok now I feel a little ashamed of myself for saying I couldn't draw people kissing-

(for the record: I can't. I need reference)

(references are good i need them too often)

THIS IS GREAT I LOVE UT *STEALS*

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‘Twas me good fellow >:3

"dRaW tHeM kIsSiNg" whose idea was that???

(I can't draw people kissing to save my life help me--)

Give us your best shot we'll be perfectly content just cause it happens

you'll do great don't worry about results :3

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Muriel Reacts

Got this idea from a TikTok of a Westie copying it’s owner’s way of speaking [kinda like that Italian husky]

Muriel Reacts to: A Dog Trying To Talk Like You

Sometimes you come across wholesome gossip about animals that bark or meow like their owners. Hell, there are birds that mimic speech entirely, down to the soft ‘tch’ of breath when one ends a sentence with a ‘t’.

But you’ve always admired that one simple huff from Inanna could mean an entire sentence to Muriel. A lick of her chops could mean she disagrees with the way he cooked dinner that night. Or a yawn could mean that she’s stressed out a squirrel hiding in a nearby tree.

And Muriel loves telling you all about her inner thoughts. Most of the time, when she’s not berating him about something or he didn’t just blame her for a stray fart.

You marvel at the magnitude of thought that Inanna can say in one gesture. And you wish you could understand what she’s saying most of the time. After all, Muriel isn’t always around to play translator. You get the feeling that Inanna is just as frustrated when she bores into your soul with her golden eyes, hoping that you’d just understood what she had just been trying to tell you. But alas, the day you finally understand her has yet to come

But, as time flies by, you meet a new fluffy friend. Another dog temporarily under your care sometimes, and you spoil them to bits in the same way you do with Inanna.

And, like most close fluffy friends, your new dog friend now copies the way you speak. It’s learned that ‘no’ is the exact sound they need to make with their mouth when they don’t like what you’re doing. Or ‘hello’ when you’re happy to see them. Sometimes they just copy the way you talk back to them outright, because human speech is silly and copying you is fun

And that happened once, with Muriel in the room.

You were babysitting this dog again and you were approaching the door to check something outside.

Their ears perk up and rotate to your direction. Was this the sign of a walk? They’re not sure, but they jump from Muriel’s feet and race towards you.

Aww, how cute.

“You wanna go on a walk?” you coo in sing-song.

“Rarra rakk?” the dog barks, copying your last few words.

You laugh. Muriel slowly rises, watching you both with confusion pinching his brows but amused smile tugs his lips.

“Sure we can go for a walk later.”

“Ra ra rakk! Ra ra rakk!”

Your fluffy friend goes into tail-swishing overdrive, mimicking what you said in repeated, smiling barks as they twirl in place and jump on your leg.

You and Muriel both laugh. “What’s he saying?” you ask.

Muriel is still laughing, but this time he doubles over. As if the whole affair tickles him so much.

“He’s not— He’s not saying anything!” he says in between laughs.

“He’s just copying you. Probably so he can go outside.”

“Ah.” you say

Though you’re still smiling, you’re a little disappointed. Somehow, this is funnier to Muriel, who’s trying to calm down from from his high of laughs. He clears his throat, bites his lip at your disappointed face to contain the new laugh bubbling in his throat, and spares you a sympathetic look with a pat on your back.

“I-It’s okay.” he says, with all but a small smile breaking through his serious face, “Guess they just really likes you. Most of the time they’re just thinking of food, or you.”

He probably means the thoughts they have in the span of you babysitting them.

“Yeah.” you smile at your doggy friend, “I guess, I just wanted to understand what they were saying. Them and Inanna.”

Muriel softens at you. Perhaps he had always thought translating their thoughts was enough. He had no idea about that.

“Hm. A person and their familiar will have a different bond than you and a normal animal. But…”

He’s quiet for a silent beat. Then, he lights up as an idea dawns on him.

“Here—”

He carefully picks up the dog, and they allow him to carry their tiny body in his arms without protest.

“Sometimes, the way they look at you is enough.”

He presents your fluffy friend to you.

“Oh, it’s fine. I guess I just—”

“It’s okay. Trust me.”

This furball slides from his arms and their liquid body pours into your arms. Their bones are so relaxed, moving them around is like swirling wine in a glass. And their tail remains wagging this whole time. Their dark eyes shine at you earnestly. You look back at your friend, feeling the complex pool of quiet excitement, joy, and affection swimming behind their tiny brown orbs.

Then they lick your nose.

And now you’re a laughing mess as they continue to lick your face and unsuccessfully roll over in your arms to expose their belly. You’re holding them like a cradled baby. Then, with a decisive sigh, they close their eyes.

Muriel shares the excitement in your eyes as a silent gasp escapes you. They’ve never done this before. They’re sleeping like said baby in your arms.

Pride beams from your smile as you watch this pup sleep. Muriel returns your smile with his eyes softening at you.

Maybe Muriel is right.

This is enough. For now.

(Eventually you do take him for a walk. And a slightly jealous Inanna is not too far behind. [this is instantly quelled with a few treats and some affection])

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